Monday, February 20, 2006

Commercial Space Travel--The Thought Heard Round the World

The New York Times reports that soon, New Mexico’s proposed spaceport won’t be the only one on the planet. Space Adventures, along with entrepreneurs Hamid, Anousheh and Amir Ansari (as in Ansari X Prize), have announced plans to build a spaceport in the United Arab Emirates. An anonymous Russian design firm is building vehicles for Space Adventures while buzz thickens over a yet-to-be unveiled spaceport in Singapore. Read the full story: http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/02/18/science/18space.html